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uk.telecom.broadband (UK broadband)(uk.telecom.broadband) Discussion of broadband services, technology and equipment as provided in the UK. Discussions of specific services based on ADSL, cable modems or other broadband technology are also on-topic. Advertising is not allowed.

Have ordered an i-plate just to see if it will help my broadband
connection.
However my wireless modem is not connected to the main master box, its
in the first extension.
Will I need to move my modem to the main master box or will the i-
plate isolate the bell wire prior to the extension?
I used to have it plugged into the master socket but its more
convenient as I have an airport adapter...

My father has just had his IP-Stream based ADSL service upgraded from a fixed
2 Meg service, to an 'up to 8 Meg' rate adaptive service.
I've taken a look at his router stats.
d/s sync 7.6 Meg u/s 832 k SNR was hovering between 8 and 9 dB
Before the upgrade it was 2.2M d/s, 256k u/s SNR 24-25 dB
(as the crow flies line length is 820 metres, small rural exchange)

Hi,
I am looking for suggestions for broadband and phone in a Virgin Media
cabled property, no serviceable BT line location Newcastle. I would like
a unmetered package, have been using Pipex business Lite previously.
Thanks
James Salisbury

The BT newsgroups (such as bt.broadband.support and
bt.internet.users.chat amongst others) are closed to the public,
allowing only customers of BT Internet (or whatever it's called today)
to see/take part in them and the feed is provided by GigaNews.
Unfortunately, all the BT newsgroups have disappeared from the server
(at least for me anyway), giving Error 411 - no such group. That means,...

Hi,
Following on from a recent discussion on mobile broadband
signal strength I thought that some of you might like this.
http://www.sitefinder.ofcom.org.uk/
Ofcom seem to provide maps showing the location of all mobile
phone transmitters. This might be useful when trying to determine
from which window to dangle the dongle.

I'm considering the purchase of a 'holiday home' in North Wales.
Morfa Bychan near Porthmadog.
I know nowt about mobile BB as I'm quite happy with my plusnet service at
home.
The guy in the computer shop in Porthmadog recommended 'Three' as if all
else fails they will 'roam' on another network to get a signal.
Is that true?
I switched my Orange phone to the UTMS setting there and it said 'no...

Ok, time to bite the bullet and get rid of a load of legacy junk.
Currently I have two phone lines, one of which has broadband, and whose
number I do not want to keep.
The other does not, and I would like broadband on that with a new supplier.
I run various domains hosted on my own (internal) web server.
I manage a few sites who will reject me unless I am on my old IP

I am a bit puzzled by one or two 3mobile broadband issues and was
hoping someone might be able to explain it for me.
In particular I was wondering about port forwarding on my HSDPA/UMTS
router and whether or not it would work. The three.co.uk website
actually has a "how to" for setting up port forwarding on a Huawei
D100 router so I guess it's supposed to work but I don't know how.
I was...

I have just been upgraded to 21CN and ADSL2+. My Zyxel P660R-61C does
not like to play ball and gives dreadful sync rates. I have dropped
from 8m to 3.5 :-(
So I need a new one. Googling around there do seem to be problems with
Zyxels in general (and almost anything really). I was steered towards
Billion, but they can't handle multiple WAN addresses (I have 8).
I don't need a bult in switch...

I have a Sky Netgear router, which works fine - except for wifi linking with
my Dell Inspiron laptop.
I can get the Dell internal wireless connection to work with various
routers, but not the Sky one. I've even tried switching off encryption
altogether. It attemps to make a connection - but just keeps dropping. My
brother and a friend have exactly the same problem with their...

I'd like to offer to some young college boys who are sharing their first
flat a DSL Internet connection but without exposing myself to vast phone
call charges. The boys all have their own mobile phones and they say they
don't need any wire line phone service.
What phone service or tariff is available that will provide the needed
copper circuit for DSL but without unlimited exposure to calling...

My parents have a Linksys WAG54GS router which they have had for
a long time.
Today, they called me to say their Internet had gone down (Talktalk).
When I asked them to go into the router at http://192.168.1.1, after
they entered the router username and password correctly, the admin
pages all came up in French! This is bizarre, because only recently
I was in there and it was in English as it...

Hi Is it possible to use a BT Hub Phone 1010 Router with another ISP
other than BT Broadband. If yes does anybody have the basic settings
that have to be changed to enable this to happen. My ISP is Pipex.
Thanks
Tony

2Bdecided wrote:
Anyway, horses for courses - use the terrestrial broadcasts for live
listening in the car - but enjoy the higher quality and increased
choice of internet radio around the house. and garden. and office. and
hotel room. and... anywhere else there's an internet connection!
Make sure you don't go over your download limit though, and most
'unlimited' ADSL internet packages...

Strange...
I was checking the Device List on my 2700, and the mouse cursor passed
over the Voice Network icon on the Summary page.
The icon 'blued out' in to a TV shape, then a fresh icon appeared in
its place. AFAICS all the icons on the System page have changed to new
ones.
Software appears to be the same as it was, version 5.29.117.3.